Gonna have to agree here. If a cable fails, its easily swapped. Not great if it's proprietary, but it doesn't break the device itself. If a non-replaceable ba

Gonna have to agree here. If a cable fails, its easily swapped. Not great if it's proprietary, but it doesn't break the device itself. If a non-replaceable battery fails, you're likely looking at a cumbersome repair/replacement, or (if the manufacturer gets their way) replacing the whole device. It's arguably the progenitor of planned obsolescence of modern electronics. Additionally, "Failure" here doesn't just mean 'no longer holds any charge at all', but also applies to a significantly reduced battery life/amperage that can result in your device no longer functioning as it once did - be it just not lasting the target usecase, or throttling or worse. Non-replaceable batteries induce orders of magnitude more cost, inconvenience and waste than a lack of one charger cable to rule them all.